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Baths of Trajan	House of Paullus Aemilius Lepidus and Cornelia	Portico of Livia
Colosseum	Vicus Sandaliarius

Baths of Trajan

Directions: Roma, Reg III (to Vicus Sandaliarius), north (to Clivus Orbius), southeast (to Trajan's Baths); Shortcut @go Trajan's Baths

Resources:

• 13 Rooms: Trajan's Baths (Entrance), Natatio, Frigidarium, Tepidarium, Caldarium, Palaestra Quadrata, Palaestra Rotunda, Apodyterium A, Nymphaeum, Apodyterium B, Hortus, Bibliotecha, Theatrum.
• Images and links: various rooms of the baths, layouts of the virtual baths, a latrine, several mosaics, gardens, theaters, theater masks, actors
• Objects: wooden-soled sandals, a towel, slippers, and a bench.Bots: Ancilla and Servus.

Uses: cultural information on public bathing; relevance to Ecce Romani II-B, ch. 43. Keywords: natatio, frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium, palaestra, nyphaeum, apodyterium.

House of Paullus Aemilius Lepidus and Cornelia

Directions: Roma, Reg III (to Vicus Sandaliarius), north (to Clivus Orbius), east (to entrance to House of Paullus Aemilius Lepidus); Shortcut @go House of Paullus

Resources:

• 8 rooms: Entrance, Bibliotheca, Cubiculum, Culina, Exedra, Peristylium, Tablinum, Triclinium
• Images and Links: diagram of a Roman domus; images and information about various types of rooms, decoration, and furnishings in a Roman house
• Objects: Cornelia, an English-speaking bot whose dialogue includes only translated lines from Propertius 4.11

Uses: This site can be used to introduce students to the nature, design, and appearance of the type of house that would be inhabited by an upper-class Roman. It is suitable for treasure-hunt style assignments (see Course Materials Repository for some examples). The Cornelia bot can be used to illustrate the male ventriloquism behind what might appear to be the "voices" of ancient women; the long poem of which Cornelia is the first-person narrator was written by a male poet

Colosseum

Directions: Roma, Reg III (to Vicus Sandaliarius), south (to Colosseum); Shortcut @go Colosseum:

Resources:

• 8 Rooms: Colosseum, Ground-Level Concentric Corridor, Staircase, Second-Level Concentric Corridor, Cavea, Colonnade, Substructures, Arena
• Images and Links: navigational plan of the virtual Colosseum; cross-sectional plan of the ancient structure; images of models, reconstruction drawings, various views of the extant remains of the Colosseum and other amphitheatres; coins of the Colosseum and portraits of Vespasian, Titus, Domitian; links to more images and information about the history and architecture of the Colosseum, a typical day at the arena, executions, naval battles (naumachiae), hunts (venationes), and gladiatorial combats (munera); link to an inscription (with photo, transcription, translation, and discussion) about repairs to the Colosseum in late antiquity
• Objects: condemned criminal, an English-speaking bot; Latin text (with English translation and commentary) of the prophecy quoted by Venerable Bede linking the fate of the Colosseum with the fate of Rome

Uses: This site can be used to introduce students to the design and history of the Colosseum, to the nature of the combat sports held there, and to the role these played in Roman society. It is ideal for treasure-hunt style assignments and as an imaginative starting place for research projects on these topics.

Portico of Livia

Directions: Roma, Reg III (to Vicus Sandaliarius); north (to Clivus Orbius); northeast (to Clivus Suburanus); south (to Portico of Livia); Shortcut @go Portico of Livia

Resources:

• 3 Rooms: Portico of Livia (courtyard), West Portico, East Portico
• Images and Links: Images of a garden, portico, plan of the Portico of Livia, and many art works (see under objects). There is information about the Portico, including a quotations from Ovid and Pliny the Elder; links provide more information about the life of and portraiture of Livia and about Roman deities and mythology.
• Objects: Each portico has an art exhibition. The West Portico contains an exhibit of portraits of Livia (4 heads and 3 statues) with information about her life and iconography, closer views of the art works, and an animated gif illustrating the insertion of a portrait head in a statue body. The East Portico contains an exhibit of Roman bronze and silver statuettes illustrating 13 Roman deities--Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Minerva, Mercury, Venus, Bacchus (with Pan), Isis, a composite Isis-Minerva-Fortuna, Vulcan, Pomona, one of the Penates, and Tutela. There is a VRML version of the exhibit and a 2D version; in each case closer views of the statuettes are available with information about the deity (sometimes including links to related images). This information stresses what is particularly Roman about the god or goddess and invites viewers to visit the related temples in VRoma.

Uses: The Portico gives an appropriate imaginative setting for Roman art, helping visitors to understand how the Roman populace was able to view art works and the important recreational function of the numerous porticoes in Rome. It can be used for treasure-hunt style assignments on Roman mythology or more analytic assignments where students compare these small-scale representations with the larger statues of deities, or the Roman god/goddess with a Greek counterpart. Students can also be sent to find factual information about Livia, to compare her portraits with those of other Roman women, or to reflect upon what Livia's life and iconography tell us about the status of and expectations for Roman women in the early Empire.

Vicus Sandaliarius

Directions: Reg III (to Vicus Sandaliarius) Shortcut @go Vicus Sandaliarius

Resources: Clickable map of Region III and part of Region IV showing streets and major monuments

Uses: Navigation aid in VRoma